Evaluation of Malaysia’s food balance of trade plan : achievement rates.

• Main Authors: Mohamed Arshad, Fatimah, Mohd. Noh, Kusairi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: World Business Institute 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14604/1/Evaluation%20of%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14604/; http://wbiaus.org/gefjnew.html

Malaysia has always been a net food importer in the last four decades. In 2007, the deficit in the food trade stood at RM9.7 billion (or USD2.9 billion). In 2002, Malaysia implemented a policy towards achieving a surplus balance of trade in food of RM1.2 billion (or USD352 billion) by 2010. This pap...